Plötz, near Halle (Trostheide collection): Stephanian C, Germany
collected by Frank Trostheide

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Geraridae
Hirsutgerarus saxonicus n. gen., n. sp. Zessin 2012
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.5° North, 21.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Stephanian C
Age range of interval: 300.9 - 300.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Saale basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Frank Trostheide
Collection method comments: Repository: private collection of Frank Trostheide, Wolmirstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt
Metadata
Database number:163476
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-10-28 22:20:55 Last modified:2014-10-28 22:20:55
Access level:the public Released:2014-10-28 22:20:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53269. W. Zessin. 2012. Eine weitere neue Geraride, Hirsutgerarus saxonicus n. gen. n. sp. (Insecta: Panorthoptera: Geraridae), aus dem Oberkarbon (Stephanium C) von Plötz bei Halle (Deutschland). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 15:10-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]